Past Events

In today’s participatory culture, users are rarely content with playing a passive role. Instead, we look for opportunities to respond, remix, re-interpret and in some way impact our surrounding environment, as well as the experiences housed within it.

The Week in Review (2010) by Resident Andrew Demirjian maps the stock price fluctuations of the three largest companies in the music industry to musical notes and visuals. The piece highlights the role of the global marketplace in music by reversing the traditional industry relationship that turns speculations on...

The Counter Kitchen (TCK) is hosting back-to-back demos in June led by two of NY's most creative entrepreneurs. They will make you want to breathe in deeply and smile, because we're talking fragrance and chocolate.

The Counter Kitchen (TCK) is hosting back-to-back demos in June led by two of NY's most creative entrepreneurs. They will make you want to breathe in deeply and smile, because we're talking fragrance and chocolate.

Renowned Deleuzian scholar and philosopher of technology Manuel DeLanda discusses his new book Philosophy and Simulation: The Emergence of Synthetic Reason (Continuum, 2011), a philosophical overview of the rapidly growing field of computer simulations. Simulations have become as important as...

BIORHYTHM exhibiting artist Kaffe Matthews will lead participants in a workshop where they will learn how to create their own track on her Sonic Bed. The workshop will introduce participants to software and tools for composing a unique track using...

Join the Reality Inspectors in this workshop where they will discuss their BIORHYTHM project Theremin Inspector V2—an interactive exhibit which visualises the electromagnetic energy around you as you play a theremin. Following this discussion, The Reality Inspectors will guide participants through a design process...

What makes us dance? Why do we sing the blues? Could there be a formula for the perfect hit? Whether it’s a pop song or country ballad, musicians and record producers want to capture listeners; individual styles may vary but they’re all searching for just the right lyric, melody, or seductive guitar chord. A few...

Why does a minor chord sound sad? Is there a formula for the perfect hit? Whistling, dancing, finger-snapping, and toe-tapping—what makes us do it? Find out when music and science join forces in an interactive bazaar of beats, sounds, and rhythm in the exhibition BIORHYTHM, created by the...

In the Counter Kitchen (TCK) we will be turning things upside down from the inside-out. Science and marketing have made product labels nearly impossible to decode. Learn how to reverse engineer your favorite food, personal care and household products using TCK tools and measurement systems. We will...

Co-presented by 8bitpeoples and The Tank, Blip Festival spotlights a growing subculture eagerly exploring uncharted avenues in music and graphics, by embracing and exploiting the limitations characteristic of early generation home computer...

Eyebeam presents Open Prototyping, an environment designed to share the ongoing research and production of its fellows and residents. The main exhibition space will operate as a platform for public engagement through workshops, presentations,...